Deadline: 20-Jul-23
The Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is currently accepting proposals for the Energy Innovation Program On-road Transportation Decarbonization.
Priorities
- Focus area 1. Low- and zero-emission on-road MHDVs.
- Reduce the cost/performance ratio of electrical powertrain components outside the battery cells.
- emonstrate novel-use cases of battery electric on-road MHDVs.
- Reduce the cost/performance ratio of hydrogen fuel cell technologies for on-road class 8 heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs).
- Demonstrate novel-use cases of hydrogen fuel cell technologies for on-road class 8 HDVs.
- Reduce the overall greenhouse gas emissions of on-road internal combustion engine class 8 HDVs through hybridization, heat harvesting, or vehicle optimization for low-carbon fuels.
- improve the energy efficiency of on-road MHDVs through light weighting by using advanced materials.
- Focus area 2. Infrastructure supporting zero-emission on-road vehicles and overall transportation system efficiency.
- Affordable charging solutions for multi-unit residential buildings, dwellings that lack access to a driveway or a garage, or residential rental properties.
- Improve uptake of zero-emission transportation technologies and required infrastructure in rural, remote, and northern communities.
- Charging or refueling solutions addressing barriers that are specific to zero-emission fleets and/or to zero-emission MHDVs, such as placement, power requirements and grid impact.
Funding Information
- Project type: R&D project
- Minimum Program Contributions: $500,000
- Maximum Program Contributions: $1,500,000
- Project length: Up to 5 years
- Project type: Demonstration project
- Minimum Program Contributions: $1,000,000
- Maximum Program Contributions: $5,000,000
- Project length: Up to 5 years
Expected Outcomes and Focus Areas
- This call for proposals (“the call”) will fund research and development (R&D) projects and demonstration projects that will help decarbonize the transportation sector by addressing technical and market innovation barriers in Canada in two focus areas:
- Focus area 1: Low- and zero-emission on-road medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs)
- Focus area 2: Infrastructure supporting on-road zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) and overall transportation system efficiency
- Note:
- Projects that consist solely of purchasing commercially available ZEVs or the supporting infrastructure are not eligible under this call.
Activities
- R&D projects
- Eligible R&D activities
- Development, assessment, testing and integration of novel and innovative equipment, vehicle components, software, and methodologies, such as:
- Proof of concept of technologies that include significant technical risk, including field trials, bench-scale testing, pilots, and prototypes
- Analytical tools and modelling software
- Pre-demonstration field trials – limited duration tests designed to identify further R&D needs before a technology can proceed to a pre-commercialization demonstration. Such testing is expected to operate for only a short period.
- Development, assessment, testing and integration of novel and innovative equipment, vehicle components, software, and methodologies, such as:
- Eligible TRLs for R&D projects
- R&D projects must have a current technology readiness level (TRL) of at least 3.
- Eligible R&D activities
- Demonstration projects
- Eligible demonstration activities
- Installation of a pre-commercial technology with the intent that it continues to operate in its intended operational environment.
- Modification of existing processes, equipment, or systems to accommodate an innovative technology or process;
- Installation of equipment and/or infrastructure to support a demonstration, or multiple demonstrations
- Associated costs for the engineering, design and permitting of an installation as identified, including if required as part of a demonstration.
- Operation, performance testing, and analysis of pre-commercial equipment in its intended environment to assess performance of an innovation.
- Eligible TRLs for demonstration projects
- Demonstration projects must have a current TRL of at least 5 and must achieve a TRL of at least 8 by the end of the project.
- Eligible demonstration activities
Eligibility Criteria
- The call is open to the following applicants:
- Legal entities incorporated or registered in Canada, including:
- For-profit and not-for-profit organizations such as electricity and gas utilities, companies, industry associations, research associations, and standards organizations
- Community groups
- Canadian academic institutions
- Provincial, territorial, regional, and municipal governments and their departments and agencies, where applicable
- Indigenous applicants:
- Indigenous communities
- For-profit and not-for-profit businesses and organizations that clearly demonstrate ownership and controlling interests by Indigenous groups.
- First Nations (bands or councils under the Indian Act)
- Tribal councils
- Inuit organizations
- Legal entities incorporated or registered in Canada, including:
- It is expected that the proponent, i.e. the entity that will sign a contribution agreement with Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), will be the majority owner of any assets purchased in full or in part through funding provided by NRCan.
For more information, visit Natural Resources Canada.
